Ribollita is a traditional Tuscan vegetable soup that dates back to the Middle Ages. When the noble class would have a feast the prepared meat was usually served on pieces of flatbread that were used as plates. Servants would take the leftover bread home after the feast and mix it with foraged vegetables to make […]
THA Mortgage welcomes loan officer Thomas Blunk
MANSFIELD — THA Mortgage is excited to announce the addition of Mortgage Loan Officer Thomas Blunk to its growing team. A resident of Mansfield for 36 years, Blunk graduated from Mansfield St. Peter’s prior to earning his degree in Business Administration from The Ohio State University. He has spent over 30 years serving as a […]
GALLERY: Most Wanted July 13
Jason Ryder, 23, is 6-foot, 182 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes. He is wanted for failure to provide change of address and a parole violation on original charge of rape. Officials say Ryder has ties to the Mansfield, Elyria, and Lorain areas. Avery Brown, 25, is 6-foot-1, 180 poundsd, with black hair and […]
Men with Mansfield, Shelby, Crawford Counties ties punctuate Most Wanted list
MANSFIELD — Authorities are seeking three fugitives as part of the Most Wanted list compiled by the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force in the Richland County division for the week of July 13. Jason Ryder, 23, is 6-foot, 182 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes. He is wanted for failure to provide change […]
Richland County Veterans to honor Hap Myers with July 23 flag raising
MANSFIELD — Richland County Joint Veterans Counsel has announced the Honored Flag will be raised on Thursday July 23 at 6 p.m., in front of the Richland County Courthouse to honor deceased Richland County U.S. Air Force Veteran Harold V. “Hap” Myers. Harold was born April 10, 1942 in Mansfield, Ohio to Coyle Vinton and […]
Brolic Elite Pro Am summer league tips off
MANSFIELD — Roy Mack grew up at Johns Park, playing with and against some of the greatest basketball players the city has ever produced. When it came time for Mack to organize a summer league, there was only one venue the 1996 Mansfield Senior product considered. “For guys my age, this is where we learned […]
Discussion groups foster leadership, empathy among youth trying to find their way
MANSFIELD — Bruce Bond is no stranger to turmoil. He experienced racism as a boy in 1960s Tennessee. He’s seen the suffering of others as a longtime employee in the juvenile justice system. But even amid the problems our nation is facing, Bond sees something else — the hope and potential of the next generation. […]
GALLERY: Douglas Keppler on bagpipes
Landon Miller is a bagpiper in training in Bellville. Landon Miller blows on the bagpipes. Little bagpiper blowing on the bagpipes bellville bagpiper Douglas Keppler plays the bagpipes to end the day
Bagpipes bring a sense of community to Bellville
Editor’s Note: This is an Open Source story suggested to Richland Source by reader Madelyn Strickling. BELLVILLE — The sound of bagpipes fills a Bellville neighborhood as Douglas Keppler’s performance signals the end of the day. Keppler, who has been playing the bagpipes in his driveway every evening at 8 p.m. for roughly three months, […]
We visited AREA 51, climbed highest peak in Nevada
Editor’s NoteThis is a continuing series by mountaineer and Ashland native Adam Fox in his attempt to scale the highest point in every state. Read some of the 45 completed summits here. The legends were true — if you could navigate your way into the never-known Nevada desert and arrive at the secret gate for AREA […]
